#DAE962#DAE962

#DAE962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.159 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE962
RGB	rgb(218, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(67, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(67, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.95, -22.85, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.95, 66.46, 110.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0671 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.159 115)
XYZ	xyz(60.2582, 74.0660, 22.6747)
Luminance	0.7407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE962 #7162E9

analogous

#E9B562 #DAE962 #96E962

triadic

#DAE962 #62DAE9 #E962DA

tetradic

#DAE962 #62E9B5 #7162E9 #E96296

square

#DAE962 #62E9B5 #7162E9 #E96296

split-complementary

#DAE962 #6296E9 #B562E9

monochromatic

#A5B71A #CDE12C #DAE962 #E7F198 #F3F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DAE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#DAE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE962

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE962	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.159 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef93',
    500: '#dae962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae962;
$custom-light: #e8ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89688,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.74065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE962

secondary

#4638B7

accent

#0ED824

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE962

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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